New Years to now

Well, we have been REALLY busy in the past couple of weeks so we haven't really found time to post other than from the cell phones. Between Christmas and New Years, Rick pretty much finished the basement (except the ceiling) and we were able to enjoy it at the New Years Eve Party!


New Years Eve: Luke went to bed right when the first guests were arriving. He slept through most of the party until either he or Sebastien woke up and woke the other one up :) Sebastien went right back to sleep, but Luke was up. Daryl rocked him for a bit ... but Luke was ready to party! We brought him down to enjoy some of the New years festivities. We put him in our room for the actual ball drop hoping he would fall asleep, but no such luck. Finally at about 130 he fell asleep on me on the couch. We hung out like this until almost 3 and then headed up to bed. By this time most everyone had found a place to sleep for the night. 730 AM, like an alarm clock Luke was up. staying up half the night does not equal sleeping in :) He was VERY excited to see everyone as they woke up. He likes having overnight guests! We all hung out and Luke entertained us for a bit. Everyone pretty much left by 1030 or 11.



We got Luke dressed and got dressed ourselves and headed out to Aunty Sandy's house, where Grammy was staying for the week. Luke had a nice visit with his Great Grammy and Aunty Sandy and had fun playing with Gus the kitty.





We left there mid afternoon and headed home to finish cleaning up. We all rested for a bit and then left to go to my friend from high school - Cheryl's house. Jess was home for the holidays with her hubby, so Luke got to meet lots of new people! Cheryl and Nick have a very nice home and Rick was jealous of the big driveway and garage (envision lots of campers if we owned it :) ). We didnt stay too late because i had to work friday (bad boss!) so I wanted to get home to get some sleep.


Saturday:
On Saturday morning, we swung back by Aunty Sandy's house to give grammy some pictures that we forgot on Thursday. Aunty Sandy gave us a present that she forgot, from Aunty linda and Aunty Jane! When we got to nana's house we opened it (luke handled the paper very well!) and it is a handmade Raggedy Ann and Andy book! A favorite of mine as a kid! He loved the book and immediately taste tested it.




Swim lessons!


Luke started swim lessons today. He LOVED it. The second I brought him in the 90 degree pool, he had a smile on his face! We swam around and splashed. We sang songs and Luke even put his face under a couple times. He wasn't scared at all and never cried.

After swim lessons, we went to his 6 month check up... He is now
17 pounds 8 ounces (38%ile)
27.16 inches (64%ile)
43.5 cm head circumference (I forget but between 30-40%)

So he is getting longer and leaner by the month! I guess we can give him larger meals of solids too, since he has been getting about 2 ounces of fruit or veggie and some cereal mixed in, and she told us today that he can get 4-5 ounces. So he will be excited about that!!

He cried with his shots, but only for a minute, when I picked him up, he started laughing and then the MD and the nurse starrted clapping and he thought that was funny. He goes next week to get the rest of his 6 month shots and then doesnt go back until the end of March I think!